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CONSOLIDATED PBY-5 CATALINA (EARLY)
1939
 
MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT
  
 
 
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DATA
  
 
CONSOLIDATED PBY-5 CATALINA
 (EARLY)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1939
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 SEPTEMBER 1940
NUMBER BUILT :
 
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 104 ft
LENGTH :
 63 ft 10 in
HEIGHT :
 18 ft 11 in
WING AREA :
 1,400 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 17,400 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 26,200 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 33,389 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-82, 1,200 hp @ Takeoff,
 
 1,050 hp @ 5,700 ft, Two-Row, Twin Wasp Radial Engines
ARMAMENT :
 1 x 30 Machine Gun in Nose Turret
 
 2 x 50 cal Machine Gun Amidship in Two Sliding Waist Hatches
 
 1 x 50 cal Machine Guns in Bottom Rear of Hull Firing
 
 Through Tunnel Opening
BOMB LOAD :
 4 x 325 lbs Depth Charges in Underwing Racks, or
 
 4 x 500 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
 
 4 x 1000 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
 
 2 x 1,435 lbs Mark XIII Torpedoes, 8,000 lbs Total Bomb Load
CREW :
 8 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Bow Turret Gunner, Flight Mechanic, Radioman,
 
 Navigator and Two Waist Gunners
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 200 mph @ 5,700 ft, 189 mph @ Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :
 
LANDING SPEED :
 72 mph
CLIMB RATE :
 990 ft/min
RANGE :
 1945 mi Patrol, 1245 w/ 2,000 lbs Bomb Load, 1895 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 21,600 ft
 
 
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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